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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I purge softly deleted sites?</h1></div>
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    <p>Softly deleted sites are no longer accessible to users, but their files and tool content still remain on the server. To completely remove these sites and all of their data from the system, the administrator may run a Quartz job to expunge softly deleted sites.</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Job Scheduler.</h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Job Scheduler</strong> tool from the Tool Menu in the Administrative Workspace.</p>
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    <p>In this example, we have named the job "Purge Soft Deletes."</p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Select Expunge Softly Deleted Sites from the Type drop-down menu.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click on the Triggers link for the job.</h2>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Run Job Now.</h2>
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    <p>This will immediately begin the job to purge any softly deleted sites in the system.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Run Now again to confirm.</h3>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Notice that the Purge Soft Deletes job will be listed as fired and completed.</h3>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Or, click New Trigger.</h2>
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    <p>If you prefer to purge the softly deleted sites on a schedule, rather than by running the job manually, click the <strong>New Trigger </strong>button to add a trigger for the job scheduler.</p>
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